Here’s a quick, source-linked roundup of notable mining and critical-minerals developments reported over the last couple of days.
Key updates
Total Metals (TSX-V: TT) reports additional drill results from Electrolode (Ontario)
- Total Metals reported remaining results from its 8,408 m winter drill program at the Electrolode critical metals property in northwestern Ontario, including new assays from the Copperlode area and follow-up targets. (MINING.COM / TheNewswire)
- Highlights included hole EL-26-013 returning 2.90% Zn, 1.15% Cu, 0.06 g/t Au and 13.30 g/t Ag over 7.67 m (core length) in the Hornet Zone, including 3.62% Zn, 3.19% Cu, 0.23 g/t Au and 37.29 g/t Ag over 1.74 m. (MINING.COM / TheNewswire)
IsoEnergy resumes summer drilling at Larocque East (Athabasca Basin uranium)
- IsoEnergy said summer drilling resumed at Larocque East after a temporary suspension and precautionary evacuation due to nearby wildfires. (PR Newswire)
- The company reported early radioactivity results including 11,075 cps over 3.5 m (including 43,160 cps over 0.5 m) in hole LE26-250, describing it as extending mineralization continuity along the L Fault Zone on the Hurricane South Trend. (PR Newswire)
Trilogy Metals outlines federal permitting steps at the Arctic Project (Alaska)
- Trilogy Metals said the Arctic copper-zinc-lead-gold-silver project was accepted as a “Covered Project” under the FAST-41 federal permitting program (May 15, 2026), placing it on the Federal Permitting Dashboard with a coordinated schedule toward NEPA review. (PR Newswire)
- The company also said Ambler Metals filed a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit application with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in April 2026, which it described as initiating federal permitting for mine development and operations. (PR Newswire)
Rock Tech Lithium receives Ontario CMIF grant tied to lithium processing inputs
- Mining Weekly reported that Ontario’s Critical Minerals Innovation Fund awarded Rock Tech Lithium a $262,500 grant to evaluate crude tall oil (a pulp-and-paper byproduct) as a potential flotation reagent for lithium processing, in collaboration with Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper and Queen’s University. (Mining Weekly)
Defense Metals provides update on Wicheeda rare earth project workstream
- Defense Metals said it completed its 2026 spring drill program to support feasibility study work (geotechnical, geochemical, and hydrogeological data), and is conducting pilot-scale flotation testing at SGS Lakefield while preparing additional pilot work for hydrometallurgical testing. (PR Newswire)
- The company also said it recently received conditional government funding support for infrastructure initiatives associated with Wicheeda and noted Wicheeda is the only rare earth project selected by the government of British Columbia as one of four provincial priority projects. (PR Newswire)
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